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Salomon Freeski TV: TAOS

Salomon Freeski TV has kicked off season nine with a visit to one of our favorite mountains, Taos.  I can’t say it enough.  Taos is the bomb.  Despite it’s remote southern location in New Mexico, it has rightfull...
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Western Freshmen Rip

One of the big draws to the Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Team is the terrain that Crested Butte has to offer.  Alaska native Peter Noon and Snowmass native Tim Burr, both freshmen, have enjoyed themselves,...
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David Chodounsky has Career-Best 4th at Val D’Isere

Crested Butte’s own David Chodounsky just earned his career-best finish at Val D’Isere, taking 4th in the Slalom on December 13, 2015.  It has been a good hill for Chodounsky who has had a strong result there in 20...
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Jamie Salter Season Edit ’12-’14

Jamie Salter’s edit from the last two years chronicles his highlights in the Crested Butte backcountry.  This guy is always getting after it and probably loves pow more than you, but that’s obviously debatable. Way...
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WSCU Mountain Sports DH Practice Edit at Evolution Bike Park

With the DH season about start the DH riders on the WSCU Mountain Sports Mountain Bike Team are getting after it up at Mt. Crested Butte.   The Evolution Bike Park is riding really awesome right now with daily sprinkles of rai...
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Robbie V TV’s FWT Telluride Edit

Crested Butte’s Rob Vandervoort joined a crowd of Buttians headed to Telluride for the Freeride World Qualifier stop.  Here is his edit and writeup.  Congrats to Rob for taking fourth, as well as Mary Boddington for top...
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Ninety-Seven Year Old Taking Some Turns

Ever wonder if you will still be skiing when age catches up to you? George Jedenoff is a ninety-seven year old living in Utah who still enjoys getting after it. To him, age is just a number. 
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Bob Burnquist’s “Dreamland”

There are few words to describe Bob Burnquist’s “Dreamland” other than the cliché “sickest thing ever in skateboarding”. We aren’t experts by any means, but this 8.5 minute edit showcases th...
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CB Skis for Jim Jack – A Year Later

We lost our friends Jim Jack, John Brenan, and Chris Rudolph in a tragic avalanche a year ago at Stevens Pass, WA.  We think about our lost friends everyday.  As the head judge at countless FWT events and former head of the I...
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Megaslope

Oh to be a Red Bull athlete.  Bobby Brown, Gus Kenworthy, Russ Henshaw, and PK Hudner, with the help of Red Bull and Snow Park Technologies, took advantage of a closed Kirkwood Mountain and built a personalized mega slopestyle...
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